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Migraines may Be a Symptom of Other Problems for Iraq Soldiers

...re providers, especially those affiliated with the military or veteran health care systems, about the frequent association of migraine headaches and psychiatric conditions in soldiers returning from deployment,” Erickson said. “We recommend that health care providers who evaluate combat veterans for headaches...

Study Examines the Pathologization of Guantanamo Suicides

...wo major responses have emerged: the United States military has presented the attempts as "manipulative self-i...oluntarily and indefinitely incarcerated. “U.S. military representations of the detainees - or of purported "Islamic terrorists" more generally – as suicidal...

One Third of US Troops Suffer from Mental Health Problems

...nd at the current level of staffing and funds, the military health care will not be able to provide those affe... In its report, the task force, which visited 38 military bases in the four armed services within the past year, confirmed many of the lawmakers' fears. Bot...

US Army to Recruit More Psychiatrists to Counsel Stressed Out Soldiers

... health workers) that was adequate for a peacetime military is not adequate for a nation that's been at war," ...directed towards these patients are needed. The military has seen a number of high-profile incidents of alleged abuse in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, in...

Genetic Secrets Behind the Dragline Silk

...riety of new materials for industrial, medical and military uses. The black widow spiders dragline silk is a standout compared to other spider silks because of its superior strength and extensibility, a combination which enables black widow dragline silk to absorb enormous amounts of energy. These propertie...

TB Super-strain Found in Myanmar Migrants

... been displaced by decades of fighting between the military government and ethnic rebels fighting for autonomy in their regions. Some live as refugees in Thailand in camps strung along the border, but many more are migrants who either cross back and forth or who take jobs in Thailand. Without addresses or tel...

US Veteran Benefit System Needs Overhauling

...S. government's system for rating the severity of military veterans' disabilities to set payment levels. Th...ment to rate service members before they leave the military to determine how they will be compensated for their injuries or diseases. The system was set up dec...

Bush Administration Allows Returning Soldiers to Disintegrate, Say Critics

...e difficult to get mental health treatment because military insurance is cutting payments to therapists, on to...d a tangle of red tape, reports say. Tricare, the military health insurance program, is virtually in a shambles. Wait lists now extend for months to see a m...

Best Armed Forces Hospital Trophy Goes to Northern Command Hospital

...n Shri KP Singh and various other senior civil and military officials were present on the occasion. The Raksha Mantri's Trophy was instituted in 1989 to create a healthy competition among the Command Hospitals of the Army and its equivalent Hospitals in the Navy and Air Force. The best hospital is adjudged ...

New AMA Survey Finds Medicare Cuts Will Hurt Seniors

...ate beyond seniors who rely on Medicare. America's military families will also be hurt, as the military health insurance program, TRICARE, faces the same physician payment cuts as Medicare. In fact, all p...

Bush Isolated on Climate Change Heading into G8

...cedonia to discuss their hopes of joining the NATO military alliance, and regional issues such as Kosovo. He concludes the trip June 11 in Sofia to highlight Bulgaria, a NATO member that joined the EU this year in a key sign of transition from its Stalinist past. "Bulgaria shares core values with the US, ...

Activists Urge Greater Medical Support for Gulf War Veterans Exposed to Sarin Gas

...etic resonance imaging (MRI) to scan the brains of military personnel in the exposure zone. It found signs of ... For example, the anthrax vaccine is mandatory for military personnel and civilians deploying to "high-threat" areas across the globe, including Iraq and Afghan...

Orissa Under Anthrax Threat

... it. A vaccine to prevent anthrax is available for military personnel and those at high risk....

EU Pushes Asian Nations on Climate Change Goals

...esman said that Win had explained that the Myanmar military junta had been concerned with both "political stability" and negative reactions from the international community. Earlier, after an advance meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, Steinmeier said that he remained hopeful that agreement o...

Suicide Among Returning US Soldiers on the Rise

... this month, a Pentagon task force warned that the military health care system is overburdened and not suffici...ed National Veterans Foundation, has no doubt that military suicides are a growing problem. He said he receives 2 to 3 calls each week from Iraq veterans contem...

US Soldiers to Be Trained in Critical Medical Care

Any army is trained to kill. But the US military says it would teach its soldiers some basic instructions in saving life. No it is not turning pacifist, certainly not under George W.Bush. Simply such basic training could help them provide the much needed critical medical care on the battlefield. T...

Stress of Deployment Increases Risk of Child Abuse, Neglect in Military Families, UNC Study Shows

Rates of abuse and neglect of young children in military families in Texas has doubled since October 2002, ...aising concerns about the impact of deployment on military personnel and their families across the country. The study, published in the May 15, 2007 issue o...

China Reports Bird Flu Infection in Military

...maintaining the government's customary secrecy for military affairs. Cheng developed symptoms of fever, coug...ed with H5N1 bird flu, and national government and military health officials confirmed the results Wednesday. The health ministry had reported the case to the...

Using Drugs as Weapons can Never Be 'non Lethal', Say Doctors

...w. Ensure that governments and policy-makers in military and law enforcement agencies who may be considerin...he consequences of the use of drugs as weapons for military purposes are considered as part of the review of such weapons required by international humanitarian...

Toddler Infected With Rare Side Effect Of Smallpox Vaccination Recovering

...received, before he had shipped out to Iraq on a military mission. The U.S soldier passed on a rare side...ide effects like vaccinia infection. And they said military doctors should have been doubly cautious because the son, too, suffered from eczema and would have b...

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